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title: Ngl, what's the lesson of this one? — Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what's the lesson of this one? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…

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Ngl, what's the lesson of this one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** lesson

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/135-pg11339-part5/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t9:1
# text = Ngl, what's the lesson of this one?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ngl | the lesson |  |  |  | of this one | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lazy people get what they want

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t9:o1:1
# text = Lazy people get what they want
1	Lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Lazy people |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Never kill animals just because they annoy you in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t9:o2:1
# text = Never kill animals just because they annoy you in the morning
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **kill** | imperative | you *not said here* | animals |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 2 | **annoy** | present | animals *= animal* | you |  |  | morning |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Getting rid of an annoyance can sometimes make it far worse than before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t9:o3:1
# text = Getting rid of an annoyance can sometimes make it far worse than before
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	before	before	ADV	RB	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | can | Getting | annoyance |  |  |  | bad, sometimes *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Bad plans can backfire big time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:t9:o4:1
# text = Bad plans can backfire big time
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	backfire	backfire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **backfire** | can | Bad plans |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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